Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalShiquan Bellamy is led into the courtroom of Judge Paul DePascale's at state Superior Court in Jersey City today to be arraigned on one of his five murder charges.

A 19-year-old Jersey City man accused of committing five of Jersey City's 25 murders last year was arraigned in Hudson County Superior Court today on his third murder charge.

"It was an extraordinary explosion of violence," said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio of the allegations against Shiquan Bellamy of Arlington Avenue who appeared before Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale.

Today, Bellamy was arraigned in the March 27 murder of Lamonte Wright, 20, of Woodlawn Avenue in Jersey City, who was shot in the back with a shotgun while walking his girlfriend to her car at about 6 a.m. on Clerk Street near Myrtle Avenue.

Bellamy's attorney, Michael Rubas, entered a not guilty plea on his client's behalf.

Bellamy has already been arraigned in the Feb. 2 murders of Lester Thompson, 26, and Mileak Richardson, 17, both of Van Nostrand Avenue in Jersey City, who were shot in the head at about 4 a.m. at Woodlawn Avenue and Corcoran Street in Jersey City.

Bellamy is also charged in the April 4 murders of Michael Muchioki, 27, and Nia Haqq, 25, the Jersey City couple that was fatally shot outside their Randolph Avenue home as they returned from their engagement party. This case is expected to be presented to a grand jury at the end of this month or the beginning of next month.

Bellamy's bail on the murder charges was set at $6 million cash only. He remains a potential suspect in another murder investigation, officials said.

Bellamy was in prison from March 6, 2009 to Oct. 19, 2009 on convictions for three counts of drug possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property, corrections records say.

Following his release, a warrant was issued for his arrest for a parole violation and after he was taken into custody on the murder charges, he was remanded to the state Department of Corrections to finish his prison term, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.